10 Times Triple H Proved He Was The Cerebral Assassin
7. Convincing Stephanie McMahon To Turn Heel On Her Father At Armageddon '99
You know you're a really amazing villain and truly the "cerebral assassin" when in storyline, all it took was for him to stare deeply into his "wife" Stephanie's eyes and have her turn heel on her father Vince McMahon. In storyline, Stephanie famously talked about how "strong and powerful" she thought Triple H was in standing up to her father, and that it "turned on." When through some sort of Vulcan mind-meld you can convince someone of how incredibly powerful you are, that's astounding and a rare character moment that pro wrestling to that point hadn't ever really seen developed. Go back on the Network and watch that match and moment. It's the stuff upon which legends are made.
Besides having been an independent professional wrestling manager for a decade, Marcus Dowling is a Washington, DC-based writer who has contributed to a plethora of online and print magazines and newspapers writing about music and popular culture over the past 15 years.
